Global Health Security and Pandemics
The following is material to consider for your syllabus. Specifically, there is:
1 Scholarly writing on global health security and pandemics written by diverse scholars and experts
2 Scholarly writing providing geographic variety and geographically varied perspectives
3 Studies and analyses examining diversity, equity and inclusion-related dimensions of global health security and pandemics
This is a living document; resources will be added and altered over time to ensure timeliness and quality. We would welcome your contributions and feedback.
GENERAL TOPIC WRITING
Rushton, Simon. “Global Health Security: Security for Whom? Security from What?” Political Studies 59, no. 4 (December 2011): 779–96
Key words: health, security, disease, national security, human security
William Aldis, Health security as a public health concept: a critical analysis, Health Policy and Planning, Volume 23, Issue 6, November 2008, Pages 369–375
Key words: health security, human security, bio-terrorism, World Health Organization, International Health Regulations, communicable disease control
Chiu, Ya-Wen, Yi-Hao Weng, Yi-Yuan Su, Ching-Yi Huang, Ya-Chen Chang, and Ken N Kuo. “The Nature of International Health Security.” Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 18, no. 4 (2009): 679–83.
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Syllabus Resources
Key words: public health, human security, international agencies
McCloskey, Brian, Alimuddin Zumla, Giuseppe Ippolito, Lucille Blumberg, Paul Arbon, Anita Cicero, Tina Endericks, Poh Lian Lim, and Maya Borodina. “Mass Gathering Events and Reducing Further Global Spread of COVID-19: a Political and Public Health Dilemma.” The Lancet (British Edition) 395, no. 10230 (2020): 1096–99.
Key words: public health security, political dilemma, COVID-19
REGION-SPECIFIC DISCUSSIONS OF GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AND PANDEMICS
Heymann, David L, Lincoln Chen, Keizo Takemi, David P Fidler, Jordan W Tappero, Mathew J Thomas, Thomas A Kenyon, et al. “Global Health Security: The Wider Lessons from the West African Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic.” The Lancet (British Edition) 385, no. 9980 (2015): 1884–1901
Key words: Ebola virus, West Africa, global health security, health policy
Chattu, Vijay Kumar, Anil Adisesh, and Sanni Yaya. “Canada’s Role in Strengthening Global Health Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Global Health Research and Policy 5, no. 1 (December 2020): 1–3.
Key words: COVID-19, Public Health Agency of Canada, global health diplomacy
Navarro, Juan-Carlos, Jazzmin Arrivillaga-Henríquez, José Salazar-Loor, and Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales. “COVID-19 and Dengue, Co-Epidemics in Ecuador and Other Countries in Latin America: Pushing Strained Health Care Systems over the Edge.” Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, April 5, 2020, 101656.
Key words: COVID-19, public health care system, health security, Ecuador
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Syllabus Resources
INTERSECTIONS: DEI & GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AND PANDEMICS
Quinn, Sandra Crouse, and Supriya Kumar. “Health Inequalities and Infectious Disease Epidemics: A Challenge for Global Health Security.” Biosecurity and Bioterrorism 12, no. 5 (September 1, 2014): 263–73
Key words: health disparities, influenza pandemic, international partner
Kandel, Nirmal, Stella Chungong, Abbas Omaar, and Jun Xing. “Health Security Capacities in the Context of COVID-19 Outbreak: An Analysis of International Health Regulations Annual Report Data from 182 Countries.” The Lancet (British Edition) 395, no. 10229 (2020): 1047–53.
Key words: International Health Regulations (IHR), COVID-19, countries’ capabilities
Wenham, Clare, Julia Smith, and Rosemary Morgan. “COVID-19: The Gendered Impacts of the Outbreak.” The Lancet (British Edition) 395, no. 10227 (2020): 846–48.
Key words: COVID-19, gendered nature of the health workforce, gendered norms
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